The Mountains in Reply, by unoshot (PG-13)

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Fandom: SUPERNATURAL
Pairing: gen, focus on Sam and Castiel
Length: 5,654 words
Author on LJ: unoshot
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Why this must be read:

This is a companion piece to a previously recced story by the same author, “In Excelsis,” but it stands on its own as an examination of a potentially fascinating relationship.

It isn't that Castiel is rude to him, or even unpleasant. It's just that Sam started the Apocalypse, and the angel kind of wanted him dead a good year ago, when this entire mess could've still been stopped.

The worst part is that he's not sure Cas is wrong.

What happens when you take these two characters, one of whom has canonically referred to the other as “an abomination,” and strand them on a mountaintop in Montana?

They sit in silence for a while longer, until Sam finally comments, "Yeah. It's pretty."

Cas nods, the barest jerk of his chin. Sam is a little surprised when the angel bothers responding: "This world -- my Father's creation -- it's beautiful. In difficult times, it is... helpful to recall why it shouldn't be destroyed."

"In that case," says Sam, "it's really pretty."

Castiel snorts, a soft chuff of air, and Sam is quietly amazed, because he didn't think the angel was capable of anything even close to a laugh.

“Mountains in Reply”